Quantitative comparison of transportation cost per kilometer over the centuries?
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Tim Blanning The Pursuit of Glory has a whole chapter dedicated to this covering Europe between 1648 and 1815. It covers costs, travel times, and road availability as well as water ways.
However, that is just a narrow part in time and local.
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